Abstract:
The social barriers of participation in sports for persons with disabilities are analyzed from a socio-cultural perspective. These barriers include stigmatization and face culture, which leads to the social withdrawal behaviors of persons with disabilities and their families, as well as the lack of physical activity participation motivation. And, public policy limits the "barriers" to the experience of special groups, bringing about the external environmental obstacles in the process of sports participation. Finally, "ableism" in sports causes the identity crisis of persons with disabilities and the rejection to their own bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on the elimination of social barriers to promote the physical activity participation of persons with disabilities, which involves improving the social support network to rebuild the social connection between the persons with disabilities and their families, following the general design principles to promote the construction of barrier-free environment, and establishing the concept of integrated sports to enhance the acceptance of the persons with disabilities to their bodies.